LONDON, May 11 (APS)-The London talks between PPP and PML-N on resolving the thorny issue of restoring judiciary have ended in a deadlock here on Sunday with the coalition government now on the verge of collapse. The ruling coalition held further intense negotiations in their last ditch efforts to resolve the contentious issue but achieved no breakthrough with each side refusing to budge from its stated position.
The PML-N delegation on its return home on Monday will formally announce its next line of action at the Central Executive meeting being held at Islamabad.
After two days of fruitless talks in the British capital, the leaders of the two parties entered into the third day still locked into intense negotiations in a bid to break the impasse that has threatened to break-up the two months old coalition government.
The third round of negotiations were held soon after the US Assistant Secretary of State for South Asia Richard Boucher met both Nawaz Sharif and Asif Ali Zardari during his stop-over in London on his way home from a Bangladesh visit.
The fresh round involved Shahbaz Sharif and Khawaja Muhammad Asif from PML-N side while Rahman Malik and Hussein Haqqani represented PPP.
Emerging from the talks, the respected leaders spoke of their failure to reach a consensus on the key question of modalities of reinstating the sacked judges of the Supreme Court.
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